Breath(e)

Breathe the breath of life

for as long as you can,

savour it,

like chocolate milk ---

it is the most precious 

material possession

you will ever gain,

and it is made material

each time it enters

your fleshly chassis-chalice.

Breath brings light

to dull brain corridors,

              brings wings

to sunken hearts,

              brings song

to stale dull words.

Breath is sacred;

                   it is

our communion feast,

the food we share

daily

hourly

minutely

secondly

instantly

now

with the rest of the world.

Breathe deep, 

friend,

and recognize each

moment

is sacrimental.